News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, May 9, national leaders and scholars will discuss how the legacy of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders should be recognized, preserved, and interpreted for future generations as the U.S. Department of the Interior hosts the White House Forum on Asian ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La. - Today, the Department of the Interior took the latest step as part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, holding a 39 million acre lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – In the latest step of the U.S. Interior Department's work to reduce land fractionation and strengthen tribal sovereignty across Indian Country, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael Connor today announced that two additional agreements have been signed with tribal nations to guide implementation of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management today signed the Record of Decision for the Bruneau-Owyhee Sage-Grouse Habitat Project. This Decision authorizes the removal of encroaching western juniper on 617,000 acres in a 1.67 million-acre area of sagebrush-steppe habitat ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today told the Presidential commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that the tragedy has fueled and bolstered the Department's ongoing drive to reform and restructure the federal offshore oil and gas regulatory framework and to make the nation a world leader in safe and environmentally responsible energy development.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our kickoff Interagency Convening on Equitable Economic Growth.It’s great to be here with all of you.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON–Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz (La Paz) – the place where labor leader Cesar E. Chavez lived and led the farm worker movement during his last 22 years – has been added to the National Register of Historic Places at the national level of significance.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires and subsequent flash flooding in multiple Western states. On June 28, President Obama approved a disaster ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture announced their proposed Fiscal Year 2022 allocations of $2.8 billion in projects, grants and programs authorized in the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to support economies, outdoor recreation, and access to public lands. The investments ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La. – As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Mike Connor today wrapped up a two-day visit to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he participated in the Administration's Quadrennial Energy Review (QER), visited oil and gas production facilities, and joined a roundtable discussion on Gulf Coast restoration.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy to develop American energy, the Department of the Interior, the Department of the Army, and the Department of Energy have significantly advanced potential development of hydropower generation in the United States, according to a two-year progress report on the implementation of an interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on hydropower.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, March 14, 2013, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will hold a 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) news media teleconference to discuss the findings of a Departmental review of Shell's 2012 Arctic operations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Click here to view a message from President Obama to U.S. Government Employees.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Nations developing offshore oil and gas resources share a responsibility to strengthen their ability to contain deepwater well blowouts and should work collaboratively on research and development initiatives to reduce the risks of oil spills and promote the next generation of containment technologies.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- State, federal, tribal and local officials, along with representatives of private sector and environmental groups, will meet during National Invasive Species Awareness Week (Feb. 28 – Mar. 4, 2011) to find ways to prevent and control “invasive species”--species that are both non-native ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Larry Echohawk, 60, was sworn into office today as the Interior Department's 11th Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. EchoHawk is an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma whose nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 19, 2009. Secretary Salazar conducted the official swearing in ceremony.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Interior Department today took steps to recommit to scientific integrity and empower the agency’s scientific and technical experts to use the best available science. Signed on Interior’s 172nd birthday and the 142nd birthday for the U.S. Geological Survey, Secretarial Order 3397 revokes ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of a major efficiency initiative that will leverage modern technology to save up to $500 million in taxpayer dollars by 2020, the Department of the Interior today announced a contract award for Department-wide cloud email and collaboration services using Google Apps for Government. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will hold a news media teleconference to discuss U.S. Geological Survey and Minerals Management Service efforts to gather scientific information about resources, spill response capabilities, and environmental sensitivities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off Alaska North Slope.
